Match-machine.



Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

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M. PARIDON.

MATCH MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 1a. 1915.

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MICHAEL PARIDON, or oswneo, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE. DIAMOND MarenCOMPANY, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION or ILLINOIS.

MATCH-MACHINE,

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL PARIDON, a citizen of the United States, andresident of the city and county of Oswego and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in lviatch Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of match machines in which isemployed a conti. nous carrier chainby means-of which the splints, inseparated rows, are transported through the match making path, includinga dipping station or stations'provided with -a rotatable roller orrollers constructedand arranged to apply ignition composition to thetraveling splints.

T he object of my invention is to provide a mechanism whereby allliability of dragging the splints upon and over the compost tionapplyingdevice or devices, when the machine is stopping and starting, is obviated; thus avoiding the formation at such times of ragged andirregular heads on the splints. I

In the present illustrative form of embodiment of my invention a rotarymixer is associated vwith a composition applying roller, and saidelements are operatively connected with the chain actuating mechanismandwith an electric motor so as to be operable by eitherinstrumentality, as desired. Means are provided for lowering and raisingthe part of the chain overlying the composition roller so as to moveadjacent splints on such'part of the chain into and from the path of theroller, and means are provided whereby the motor. and the chainactuating mechanism may be rendered active and idle at predeterminedintervals in respect to the chain raising and loweringoporation; that,is to say, 1n the downward.

movement of the chain the actuating mechanism therefor is renderedactive and the motor is thrown out of action before the splintsencounter the composition roller, and in the upward movement of thechain the actuating mechanism therefor is stopped immediately before themotor is actuated; all as will be hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

In the drawings-Fignre 1 is a side elevation of a composition applyingstructure and associated mechanisms of a match machine embodying apreferred form of my invention, only so much ofthe machine be-Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 1915. Serial No. 2 1,633.

ing shown as is necessary to illustrate the invention. In this view theportion of the chain crossing the composition roller is shown in downposition with its splints depending into the dipping path. Fig. 2 is atransverse vertical section as on the line 29. of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is avertical section through the pawl and ratchet devices, gearing andadjuncts, for the composition mixer and roller. Fig. iis a sectionthrough the ratchet wheel and its shaft, as on the line 4% of Fig. 3.Fig; 5 is a transverse vertical section through the Fig. 6 is a similarsection through the fourway valve device for controlling the influx andefliux of fluid to and from the cylinder. Fig; 'Z is an elevation of anautomatic switch for making and breaking the electric circuit of anauxiliary motor for driving the mixer and the composition roller.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates a part of the endlesssplint-carrying chain of a continuous match machine, which chain. in theform illustrated comprises a series of.

perforated plates linked together at their edges, and provided withmarginal-gear racks 11 throughout the length of the chain,

This chain is supported in suitable guides throughout its circuit, andpairs of spaced power-driven gear, wheels are arranged at intervals inthe circuit, so-as to mesh with the gear racks and impel the chain, asusual. A pair of these wheels, shown at 12, are

mounted on a transverse shaft 13 carrying 'at'one end a sprocket wheel14 which is driven. from a sprocket wheel on a suitable drive shaft bymeans of achain 15. Splints,

as 16, are inserted into the successive rows of perforations of thecarrying chain, and are thereby transported through the match makingpath, in which are included one or more structures by means of which thecomposition'for the ignitionbulbs or heads? is. applied to thefree endsof the traveling splints. One of these structures is illustrated'. Itincludes a suitable frame 17; a steam jacketed tank 18 supportedthereby, and a composition-containing vat 19 slidingly supported withinthe tank, the ends of the latter being open to permit the removaltherefrom or the lnsertiontherein of the vat. as occasion may require.

Mounted to rotate within and slightly above the upper portionof the vatis a composition-applying roller which is so pobearings in the end wallsof the vat. These their inner faces with pawls 31, 32 respec shafts aresquared or otherwise appro priately formed at one end of'the vat, so asto'couple readily with the correspondingly socketed hubs oi'intermeshing gear wheels 24, 25 respectively, when the vat is slidendwise into the tank. T he shafts 26, 27 of these .wheels are mountedto rotate in suitable hearings on the frame 17; the shaft 26 beingprolonged and having a bearing for its outer end in a bracket 28 on theframe. When the vat is applied to the tank, motion properly imparted tothe shaft 26 is trans mitted therefrom through the intermeshing gearwheels to the mixer and roller. Loosely'mounted on the shaft 26 are twospaced sprocket wheels 29, 30 equipped on tively, which engage with theteeth of a wide-faced ratchet wheel 33 fast on the shaft 26, in thespace between the sprocket wheels, whereby when either wheel is rotatedthe shaft is actuated thereby, substantially as described in Patent No.880,354, dated February 25, 1908. As in the structure of that patent thesprocket wheel 29 is connected with and driven from a sprocket wheel 34on one end of the shaft 13 by means of a chain 35; the mixer and rollerthus being driven at a normal speed during the progression of the matchchain. In the patented construction the sprocket wheel 30 is connectedthrough bevel gearing with a counter-shaft which is belted with aconstantly rotating line shaft in such manner that thewheel30 is drivenat a relatively slow speed ,when the match machine is thrown out ofoperation, such latter wheel thus accomplishing the rotation of theratchet wheel and its shaft 26 with a correspondingly slow movement ofthe mixer and roller, so as to stir the composition and prevent itssettling and thickening within thevat and upon the roller. In thepresent mechanism, however, the sprocket wheel 30.

,-is' 'ic;onnected by means of a chain 36 with a suitably mounted shaft37 which is geared to..the power shaft 38 of an electric motor, asshpwnin Flg. 1, which motor, being in oper lQIl whenthe' match machine isidle, V

;eif,ects;f,through the transmission gearing, the-requisltehactlon ofthe mixer and roller.

The splint chain is supported and guided in, its travel v across thecomposition-apply- ;b y., Daiallel bridge rails 39 carried tria sapoaing aame, 4.0 which is hinged at one end'oii the'shaft 13, as usual.The

ings in brackets'on the frame 17 for the composition tank, wherebywhenthe shaft 44 is properly actuated the hinged frame 40, with the portionof the splint chain thereon, may be raised or lowered tomove the splintsfrom or into the path of the com- V positionroller, as desired.

On the sides of the Fast on the rock-shaft 44 is a lever 45 which isconnected by means of a link 46 with the usual clutch devices of themain drive mechanism of the match machine, whereby when the rock-shaftis moved in one direction to lower the splint chain such devices areactuated to start the match machine, and when the rock-shaft is moved inthe opposite direction to raise the splint chain such devices areshifted to stop the match machine.

On one end of the rock-shaft 44 is a sector gear 47 which meshes withthe rack extension 48 of a piston rod 49, the piston 50 whereof works ina hydraulic cylinder 51 supported by a bracket 52 on a frame stand; aid53. Communicating with the top and bottom portions of the interior ofthe cylin der are two pipes 54, 55,-respectively, which lead to thelower and upper ports 56, 57 of'a valve casing 58 in which rotates afourway valve 59, having a suitable: operating handle 60. Theremaining'ports 60, 61 of the valve casing are in communication with twopipes 62, 63 respectively, the former of which leads to a source offluid pressure, and the other of which pipes leads to'the hydrauliccylinder of another compositionapplying unit of the-match machine. fTl1evalve ports are so arranged in relation to the ports of the casing, thatwhen the valve occupies the position shown in ,Fig. 6 communication isestablished between the pipes 54 and 63 and also between'the pipes 62and 55, and hence the pressure, entering the cylinderbelow the piston,raises the latter, and 1, the water above 'the piston 1s perforce expressed through the pipes 54 and'63. When the valve is shifted toestablish communica tion between the pipes 62 and 54, and be 7 tween thepipes and 63, the pressure entering thecylinder above the piston forcesthe latter downward and the water below the piston is expressed throughthe pipes" 55 and 63.

, lifhenf the piston is forced downward the rack 48 turns down thesector 47, thereby correspondingly movin the rock-shaft 44 and thesector cams 43 thereon, which cams .in their movement raise the frameand the portion of the s lint-bearing chain carried thereby, thuslifting thesplints from theseparated contact plates 66 to path of thecomposition roller. In this movement of the rock-shaft through theoperation of the value the lever 4:5 is shifted to eii'ect the stoppingof the match machine.

When the splint chain is in down position, the match machine is inoperation, and the mixer and roller arein consequence actuated throughthe med un of the gearing from the shaft 13. Atthis stage the motor isidle. and the machine is-thro-wn out of operation asabove mentioned themotor is in action, and in consequence the mixer and roller are slowlyrota-ted through the gearing from the motor driven shaft 37. f r i As asimple and etlicient means tomake and break the motor circuit 6% at theproper intervals and for the proper periods of time when the chain islowered and raised respectively, I include within said circuit a suitable switch influenced by the movement of the rock-shaft 44-. Thisswitch iacludesa-v block of insulating material having thereon two whichthe terminals of the circuit wires are attached. This block is securedto a suitably-disposed bracket on the standard 53. On the rockshaft is asector 67 of insulating material, the periphery of which in its movementbrushes against and bridges the two contact plates. Such periphery isprovided for a part of its length with a contact strip 68, which is sodisposed that when the splint chain is raised the strip connects the twocontacts 66 and thus completes the electric circuit. When the chain islowered the strip escapes, the con-tact plates and in consequence thecircuit is broken.

The insulated part of the contact sector is so disposed that it keepsthe circuit broken and the motor stopped, until the chain is whollyraised, whereupon the contact. strip completes the electric circuit, andthe motor, operating, rotates the mixer and composition roller, as abovedescribed.

The electric circuit is preferably provided with a suitably-disposedswitch 69 by means of which the circuit may be interrupted at any timewhen it may be desired to stop the motor, as, for example, to permit theremoval or the application of the composition vat from or to themachine.

In machines employing plural composition applying structures for theproduction of so-called double-clipped matches, I equip each of suchstructures with the chain lifting and electrically-controlled mixer androller actuating mechanisms above described, the pipe 63 in that caseleading from the'valve to the hydraulic cylinder of the secondstructure. As the force in the second cylinder is farther removed fromthe source of pressure than in the first cylinder and thereby relativelyreduced, I make the piston heads adjustable longitudi- But whenthe'splint chain is raisec carrying sprocket nally of their respectivecylinders in order to compensate for the varying pressures. To this endeach of the piston heads comprises two members, spaced apart, andadjustably fitted on the screw threa ded inner end of the piston, asseen in Fig. 5.

In composition-applying mechanisms as previously constructed, avariation in the timely successive operations of the pawlwheels 29, 8Ofrequently occurred, and in consequence at the periods ofstopping andstarting the match machine, one of the wheels would stop before theother started, and hence there would be a temporary halting of the mixerand composition shafts while the splints were in contact with thecomposition. This resulted in the dragging of the proximate splints overthe idle composition roller with the consequent formation of ragged andirregular heads on the splints. By my invention, however, the objectionjust noted is overcome, for the reason that the timely operations of thepawl-bearing wheels inrelation to the stopping and starting and theraising and lowering of the match chain, is insured.

It will be seen that an attendant by properly manipulating the valvehandle 60, can instantly start or stop the machine, as desired. In theformer case the motor is thrown out of operationythe composition rolleris driven from the chain actuating mechanism, and the progressing chainis at once lowered to movethe splints into the path of the compositionon the roller, the sequence of the operations being such that the motoris thrown out of actionbefore the splints encounter the composition. Inthe case of stopping the machine the chain. is raised to remove thesplints from the composition roller, the electric circuit is completedto energize the motor the instant the chain is raised, and the mixer andcomposition roller are timely driven from the motor; or in other wordsthe chain is raised and the machine is stopped an instant before themotor is actuated. By the starting and stopping operations justdescribed all liability of dragging the splints upon and over thecomposition roller when the machine is stopping and starting, isobviated.

I claim.

1. In a match machine, the combination of a splint carrier, actuatingmeans therefor, a composition vat, acomposition applying device therein,operative connection between the carrier actuating means and saiddevice, a motor, operative connection between the motor and the saiddevice, a vertically-movable carrier-support above said vat, means forraising and lowering said support, and means whereby said motor and thecarrier-actuating means may be rendered active and idle at predeterminedintervals in respect to the vertical position of the said support.

2. In a match machine, the combination of asplint carrier, actuatingmeans therefor, a composition vat, a composition applying rollertherein, operative connection between the carrier-actuating means andthe roller, an electric motor, operative connection between said motorand the roller, a vertically-movable carrier support above said vat,means for raising and lowering s'aidsupport, and means whereby saidmotor and the carrier actuating means may be rendered active and idle atpredetermined intervals in respect to'the vertical position of the saidsupport. I

3. In a match machine, the combination of a splint carrier, actuatingmeans there- 'for, a composition vat, a COlllPOSltlOIhfiPPlY- ing rollertherein, operative connection between the carrier actuating means andthe roller, an electric motor, a switch included in' the motor circuit,operative connection between said motor and the roller, avertically-movable carrier support above said vat, mechanism for raisingand lowering said support, means actuated by the said mechanism forcontrolling the position of the switch to render the motor periodicallyidle or active, and means actuated by said mechanism for rendering thecarrier-actuating means periodically idle or active.

4. In a match machine, the combination of a splint carrier, actuatingmeans there for, a composition vat, a composition applying rollertherein, operative connection between the carrier actuating means andthe roller, an electric motor, a switch included in the motor circuit,operative connection between said motor and the roller, avertically-movable carrier support above said Copies of this patent maybe obtained for vat, mechanism, including a fluid-actuated piston, forraising and lowering said support, means actuated by said piston forcontrolling the position of the switch to render the motor periodicallyidle or active, and

means also actuated by said piston ,for'rendering the carrieractuating'mechanism pe riodically idle or active. c 7

5. In a match machine, the combinatlon of a splint carrier, actuatingmeans there-' for, a composition vat, a compositionapplying rollertherein,operativeconnection be tween the carrier actuating means and theroller, an electric motor, an oscillatory switch included in the motorc1rcu1t,operative connection between said motor and the roller, avertically-movable carrier support above said vat, mechanism, including"a fiuid-actuatedpiston, for raisingrandlowering said support, arock-shaft on; which the oscillatory switch is mounted, said shaftserving as'a machine stopping and starting agent, and operativeconnection between said shaft and the piston v r 6. In a matchmachine,the combination of a splint carrier, actuating means there for, acomposition vat, a composition applying device therein, operativeconnection be tween the carrier actuating means and said device, a"motor, operative connection be tween the motor and said device, afluidactuated carrier-hoisting mechanism above five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

